netdev - Re: [PATCH] smsc: RFC: Workaround for problems with lan8710 phy auto MDI-X

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Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:14:40 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<jkosina@...e.cz>, <pt@...consequence.de>,
	<otavio@...ystems.com.br>, <javier@...hile0.org>,
	<chohnstaedt@...ominate.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc: RFC: Workaround for problems with lan8710 phy
 auto MDI-X

On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 12:23 -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:23:30 +0100 (CET)
> 
> > Of course it'd be far better if faulty hardware can be autodetected in 
> > runtime.
> 
> That is how this must be handled.

Well, we also have the recent extension to ETHTOOL_SSET for forcing
MDI-X on or off.  If it's not possible to detect the faulty hardware
then the driver can implement this.

Ben.

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